Syed Anwarul Haq Haqqi


Syed Anwarul Haq Haqqi was an Indian scholar who headed the Political Science department of Aligarh Muslim University for twenty years. He was the younger brother of Abrarul Haq Haqqi.

Biography

Syed Anwarul Haq Haqqi was born on 22 January 1922 in Hardoi. He received a B.A. degree from University of Lucknow and an M.A in History from Aligarh Muslim University. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Timur under the supervision of Mohammad Habib. He wrote a second doctoral thesis on "The British Colonial Policy" at the London School of Economics.
Haqqi served as the head professor of AMU's Political Science department for twenty years, where he initiated the Indian Journal of Politics as a departmental journal in 1967. He retired from AMU in 1982, and later taught at University of Warsaw, Middle East Technical University and the University of Kashmir as a visiting professor.
Haqqi's elder brother Abrarul Haq Haqqi was an Islamic scholar who established the Ashraful Madaris in Hardoi.
Haqqi died on 10 February 2010.

Publications

Haqqi wrote Chingiz Khan: The life and Legacy of an Empire Builder, which according to David O. Morgan was "his first major venture into the history of medieval Asia". His other works include:Indian democracy at the crossroadsThe Union-State relations in IndiaSecularism under siege : the Ayodhya tragedy in retrospect and prospectDemocracy, Pluralism and Nation-BuildingThe Turkish Impact on India the First Phase The Atatürk Revolution and India The Faith Movement of Mawlānā Muḥammad IlyāsThe colonial policy of the Labour GovernmentProblems of representation in the new states
  • ''Machiavelli and Machiavellism''